Artworks

風雲　1980年

書の歴史は、一点一画を森羅万象で表現する「雑体書」などの豊かな表現を宿している。点画をひらめく布に形どる空海の作にもみられる「飛白体」は、木製のヘラで書かれたと信じられてきた。だが、墨と紙を吟味し、筆の使い方を工夫すれば書くことができることを実践した書。筆蝕（筆ざわり、書きぶり）が書き手の内臓（五臓六腑）や細胞を含めた肉体の動きと生理（肉情）とともに出現することを身をもって体感した作でもある。

Wind and Clouds, 1980

The history of calligraphy is full of rich expressions such as “miscellaneous styles,” which describes how all things are revealed in each dot and each stroke. The “flying white style” seen in Kukai's works, in which dots and strokes appear to be shaped like fluttering cloth, is believed to have been written with a wooden spatula. However, this work demonstrates that this writing style can be achieved by carefully selecting ink and paper and using the brush in an inventive way. This work also demonstrates the visceral experience of how the taction (brush feel, writing style) emerges in conjunction with the movements and physiology of the calligrapher’s body, including the internal organs and on a cellular level.